Elected pope in 526, St. Felix IV was the candidate of Emperor Theodosius, whose widow Amalasuntha allowed the pope to judge clergy who were accused of misconduct. Felix turned a pagan temple into the church of Sts. Cosmas and Damian. In 529, he sent twenty-five chapters on grace and free to Cęsarius of Arles. The Second Council of Orange accepted them as a condemnation of semi-Pelgianism and as a confirmation of the teachings of St. Augustine. Felix died in 530 and was buried in the portico of St. Peter's.
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